tabe chant over a dead person before burial

Part of Speech vi
    • chant over a dead person before burial
      • culture
      • Example 6825:
        Tabe, vaauru, koomaa, na vaapeha koari o koaranae.
        Tabe, vaauru, koomaa, their meaning is just the same.
        Source:
        SiiSen 01W 622
      • Example 6826:
        O vahara beiko vaa nomana o toku tabe tea mate.
        The children of today do not know how to chant over a dead person.
        Source:
        SaoSen 01W 106
      • Example 6827:
        Tabe maa amaa moon re biusu.
        Chant so that the women can dance the biusu-dance.
        Source:
        SiiSen 03W 213

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